how close to gate does national express bus take us?

[pinkmolly226]

anyone know how close to the gates the national express coach takes you?

Travelling from Glasgow through the night and gets us in about 8am wed morning.

someone said seetickets coach takes you close to the gate, will national express be the same?

[cb4747]

9 minutes ago, pinkmolly226 said:

anyone know how close to the gates the national express coach takes you?

Travelling from Glasgow through the night and gets us in about 8am wed morning.

someone said seetickets coach takes you close to the gate, will national express be the same?

All the coaches drop you off fairly close to the gates. 

Have a great festival! 

[pinkmolly226]

2 minutes ago, princess4747 said:

All the coaches drop you off fairly close to the gates. 

Have a great festival! 

smashing, right next to the gate woohoo lol.

Thank you xxx

[phil the shrew]

Yes all the coaches drop off at Gate A so only 200 meters or so from the bus to the gate

Just be aware that you will be arriving at peak time so may take 45-60 minutes to get through the gate. 

You can pitch your tent pretty close to Gate A but be aware that is some way from the main stages, if you want to camp near the pyramid or other stages or even near the park it's a further walk of maybe 30 minutes to those camping areas

Edited April 27, 2016 by phil the shrew

[pinkmolly226]

1 hour ago, phil the shrew said:

Yes all the coaches drop off at Gate A so only 200 meters or so from the bus to the gate

Just be aware that you will be arriving at peak time so may take 45-60 minutes to get through the gate. 

You can pitch your tent pretty close to Gate A but be aware that is some way from the main stages, if you want to camp near the pyramid or other stages or even near the park it's a further walk of maybe 30 minutes to those camping areas

that's great thank you!

yeah we want to camp at the other stage so prob be a huge trek but we'll be packing pretty light and hopefully pass a few bars to help us on our way lol.

normally drive down and bring loads of stuff but since we're getting the bus we're planning on buying sleeping bags and air beds from the happy camper shop in there.

Just to double check.......we can buy stuff like that there can't we?

[Spindles]

You can, no problem.  You can get the airbeds inflated and carry them back to your tent like surfboards. 

[Crazyfool01]

2 hours ago, pinkmolly226 said:

that's great thank you!

yeah we want to camp at the other stage so prob be a huge trek but we'll be packing pretty light and hopefully pass a few bars to help us on our way lol.

normally drive down and bring loads of stuff but since we're getting the bus we're planning on buying sleeping bags and air beds from the happy camper shop in there.

Just to double check.......we can buy stuff like that there can't we?

yes you can , the other stage is probably a 20 min / 30 min walk from gate A so not really too far , think there is 1 bar in silver hayes the dance village which is on route

[Lou1983]

Might struggle to get a bar open at that time on the Wednesday but I may be wrong, just take a Glasgow picnic ;-) 

[grumpyhack]

Remember that you're going to be staying for the best part of a week so it's worth a trek to actually camp in a decent spot.  I always used to try to camp as close as I could to where I was likely to be at the end of the night, to avoid a long trek home when tired and emotional.

In the same way, bother to get your tent really sorted before you go off exploring.  You don't want to get back in the dark and then have to try re-pitching it.

Also make sure you can find it.  When you get back the tent that you left on its own will probably be surrounded by a hundred others all the same colour and shape.

Best way is to remember where it was is relative to footpaths and unchanging landmarks like pylons, signs or toilets and not relative to other tents.

[pinkmolly226]

12 hours ago, Lou1983 said:

Might struggle to get a bar open at that time on the Wednesday but I may be wrong, just take a Glasgow picnic ;-) 

 that's why we're waiting until we get there before we get sleeping bags and stuff....more room for the booze haha xx

[pinkmolly226]

that's great thanks for the info everyone  

can't wait!

[Joshuwarr]

I always go from that gate to the other stage too. It's actually not too bad as it's mostly flat or downhill from what I remember!

[The Nal]

You can buy all the bed stuff online from the Cozy Camper and collect it there. Thats what we do. Really handy for travelling light.

[pinkmolly226]

1 hour ago, The Nal said:

You can buy all the bed stuff online from the Cozy Camper and collect it there. Thats what we do. Really handy for travelling light.

thanks just had a look at their website, that's perfect, I'm going to be doing a good bit of online shopping soon  

[pie_and_a_pint]

28 minutes ago, pinkmolly226 said:

thanks just had a look at their website, that's perfect, I'm going to be doing a good bit of online shopping soon  

Remember that everything you buy from Cosy Camper becomes your property and it's therefore your responsibility to take it home afterwards. Leave no trace.

[pinkmolly226]

18 hours ago, pie_and_a_pint said:

Remember that everything you buy from Cosy Camper becomes your property and it's therefore your responsibility to take it home afterwards. Leave no trace.

we'll defo be taking everything home, got a few camping weekends so they'll come in handy lol xx